The Resource Other worlds : spirituality and the search for invisible dimensions, Christopher G. White, (electronic resource)
Other worlds : spirituality and the search for invisible dimensions, Christopher G. White, (electronic resource)
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The item Other worlds : spirituality and the search for invisible dimensions, Christopher G. White, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bowdoin College Library.
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- Summary
- For a long time, people have argued that the rise of science has caused the decline of religion. Other Worlds presents a different perspective, showing that modern Europeans and Americans often used scientific ideas in imaginative ways to develop new, enchanted views of nature, its fantastic borderlands, and the hidden spaces that might lie beyond it. This book examines the history and imaginative power of one scientific idea in particular, an idea that has become crucial in many settings, from modern physics to fantasy literature and science-fiction film--namely, the idea that the universe has higher, invisible dimensions. Drawing on archives from across the U.S. and the U.K., the author analyzes how scientists, writers, artists, screenwriters, televangelists, and others have used this idea to make supernatural phenomena such as ghosts and miracles seem more reasonable and make religious or spiritual beliefs possible again for themselves and others.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (376 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction: Science and heavenly realms: Edwin Abbott's otherworldly visions
- The man who saw the fourth dimension
- New heaven, new earth
- Cathedrals without walls
- Max Weber and the art of an invisible geometry
- The spacetime of dreams
- Mirrors, doorways, and otherworldy openings
- Madeleine L'Engle disturbs the universe
- One step beyond
- Epilogue: The astonishing afterlife of a square
- Isbn
- 9780674984295
- Label
- Other worlds : spirituality and the search for invisible dimensions
- Title
- Other worlds
- Title remainder
- spirituality and the search for invisible dimensions
- Statement of responsibility
- Christopher G. White
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- For a long time, people have argued that the rise of science has caused the decline of religion. Other Worlds presents a different perspective, showing that modern Europeans and Americans often used scientific ideas in imaginative ways to develop new, enchanted views of nature, its fantastic borderlands, and the hidden spaces that might lie beyond it. This book examines the history and imaginative power of one scientific idea in particular, an idea that has become crucial in many settings, from modern physics to fantasy literature and science-fiction film--namely, the idea that the universe has higher, invisible dimensions. Drawing on archives from across the U.S. and the U.K., the author analyzes how scientists, writers, artists, screenwriters, televangelists, and others have used this idea to make supernatural phenomena such as ghosts and miracles seem more reasonable and make religious or spiritual beliefs possible again for themselves and others.--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- MH/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- White, Christopher G.
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Religion and science
- Religion and science
- Arts and religion
- Arts and religion
- Fourth dimension
- Hyperspace
- Label
- Other worlds : spirituality and the search for invisible dimensions, Christopher G. White, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Introduction: Science and heavenly realms: Edwin Abbott's otherworldly visions -- The man who saw the fourth dimension -- New heaven, new earth -- Cathedrals without walls -- Max Weber and the art of an invisible geometry -- The spacetime of dreams -- Mirrors, doorways, and otherworldy openings -- Madeleine L'Engle disturbs the universe -- One step beyond -- Epilogue: The astonishing afterlife of a square
- Control code
- ssj0001960215
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (376 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9780674984295
- Lccn
- 2017041042
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0001960215
- Label
- Other worlds : spirituality and the search for invisible dimensions, Christopher G. White, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Introduction: Science and heavenly realms: Edwin Abbott's otherworldly visions -- The man who saw the fourth dimension -- New heaven, new earth -- Cathedrals without walls -- Max Weber and the art of an invisible geometry -- The spacetime of dreams -- Mirrors, doorways, and otherworldy openings -- Madeleine L'Engle disturbs the universe -- One step beyond -- Epilogue: The astonishing afterlife of a square
- Control code
- ssj0001960215
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (376 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9780674984295
- Lccn
- 2017041042
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0001960215
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